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GEORGE E. WILBUR, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE IVEIR STCVE COMPANY, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

COOKING STOVE 0R RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 691,033, dated January 14, 1902A. Applicationled November 10, 1899. Serial No. '736,46 '7. (No model.)

T0 a/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. WILBUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stove-Shelves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nat-ure.

The invention relates to the construction and arrangelnent of the elevated shelves for cooking-stoves and ran ges, sometimes known as tea and top shelves, whereby the capacity of the shelves for holding plates and dishes is enlarged andvoth'er desirable benefits obtained.

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings, wherein- Figure lis a View in perspective of a range provided with the elevated shelves forming the subject of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical section from front to rear of the range, taken through the elevated shelves and midway between the ends.

A represents the lower of the two elevated shelves, or the one which is also known as the tea-shelf, and B is the upper elevated shelf, sometimes called the top shelf. The relation of these shelves to the top plate C of the range and the back of the range is shown in the drawings. The construction is preferably such that either the tea-shelf may be alone used or it maybe used in connection with the top shelf, and to accomplish this the supports for the top shelf are constructed to rest upon the upper surface of the tea-shelf and are made detachable from the shelf. Their supports are also 'constructed and arranged to provide them with a continuoussupportingsurface of their full width and from one end to the other and also so that the top shelf shall extend considerably in front of the front edge of the tea-shelf over the top of the range, and thus act as a hood to the tea-shelf, thereby causing the heat rising from the top of the range to be held to an appreciable extent in the compartment or space between the teashelf and the top shelf. The tea-shelf A is as shown in the drawings-that is, it has ends or wings ed, which areclose to the back edge of the top plate ofthe range, and the intermediate section a2, which extends forward and forms a box a3 for receiving a short pipe-sec tion ct4 of the pipe forming the smoke-escape. This pipe-section is represented in Fig. 2 as fitting the collar surrounding the iue-opem ing in the top plate of the range. The back plate is attached to the top plate of the range by ears which project from its lower edge and through which screws or bolts fastening it to the top plate extend. 'The 'tea-shelf A rests upon the upper edge 0f the back plate and covers the pipe-holding chamber formed by the box. It is attached to the back plate by suitable ears or lugs and screws. The top shelf B is supported upon the upper edge of the intermediate back plate h. This back plate is shaped to provide not only the back section h', but also the end brackets `h2 b3. The back section and end brackets are of a size to iit the tea-shelf A along its back edge and its ends and so as not to limit the width of the tea-shelf between its ends. The back plate is fastened to the tea-shelf by means of lugs and fastening-screws, and the top shelf B is fastened to the upper edge of the back plate, resting upon the back section and also upon the end brackets.

There may be attached to the top shelf a back D', detachably secured thereto. 'The top shelf is considerably wider than the teashelf and is unobstructed throughout its length. It projects considerably in front of the front edge of the tea-shelf and over the range. The end brackets form partial inclosures to the space or chamber between the tea-shelf and the top shelf, and with the back plate and top shelf assist in converting said space into a heat-holding chamber. The top shelf, from its relatively large width and unobstructed surface, has a large holding capacity.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesn 1. The combination of the top plate of a cooking stove or range, a back plate supported thereby near its back edge, having a pipebox, a tea-shelf covering the box and attached to the top edge of the back plate the surface of which is unobstructed, with a back plate 2. The combination of a top plateof a stove or range, a rectangular tea-shelf unobstructed throughout its length secured to the said top plate near the back edge thereof with a top shelf and a top-shelf-supporting back plate provided with end brackets secured to the tea-shelf said top shelf, said back plate and said brackets being imperforate as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of a top plate of a stove or range, a back plate having a recess to receivea smoke-pipe, a tea-shelf resting on and supported by said back plate and having an unobstructed surface throughout its length;

and a top shelf supported above said tea-shelf and considerably Wider than said tea-shelf, arranged to extend considerably beyond the front edge of said tea-shelf over the top of the range or stove, whereby said stove is provided with two shelves, one above the other, the lower shelf being heated by the products of combustion passing through said smoke-pipe, as described.

4. The combination of a top plate of a range or stove, a tea-shelf supported thereby having an unobstructed surface, an imperforate back plate and end brackets mounted on said tea-shelf and inclosing its back and ends, and an imperforate top shelf supported by said back plate and end brackets above said teashelf.

.5. A back plate having a recess to receive a smoke-pipe, a tea-shelf resting on and supported by said back plate above and in close proximity to said smoke-pipe, and a second back plate and brackets resting 0n said teashelf, and a top shelf supported thereby, all as described.

6. The combination of the top plate of a stove or range, a tea-shelf attached thereto having an unobstructed surface throughout its length, an inclosed boxing comprising a back plate and end brackets formed to rest upon the tea-plate and secured thereto and a top plate covering the space inclosed by the hood-like, forward extension beyond the front brackets and top plate being imperforate, as and for the purposes described.

GEO. E. WILBUR. In presence of- F. F. RAYMOND, 2 J. M. DoLAN.

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